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R
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HTML/CSS
SQL

Skills

Data visualization
Excel
Policy analysis
Interviews
Focus Groups
Statistical methods
Survey Design

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Evan Odell

Education

MSc in Comparative Social Policy

University of Oxford

Oxford

2015 - 2014

Visiting Student

University of British Columbia

Vancouver

2014 - 2013

BA (Honours) in Political Science

Laurentian University

Sudbury/Barrie, Canada

2014 - 2009

Professional Experience

Researcher

Disability Rights UK

London

Nov 2020 - Jun 2016

  • Conducted original quantitative and qualitative research on a range of policy areas, and used that research to develop original policy proposals and respond to government policies.
  • Produced statistical briefing papers and presentations based on my analysis of a range of sources, using national and international surveys and administrative data.
  • Communicated findings to professional and public audiences, including testifying before House of Lords Economics Select Committee and appearing on BBC News.

Instructor in Health Studies

Queen’s University, Bader International Study Centre

East Sussex

May 2019

  • Designed and taught “Disability Studies: Issues, Research and Policy”, a final-year undergraduate course with a particular focus on the process of policy development and comparative analysis of welfare states.

Freelance Data Analyst

London Business School

London

Oct 2018 - Jun 2018

Performance and Impact Officer

Future Leaders Trust

London

Jun 2016 - Oct 2015

  • Conducted primary and secondary analysis of school performance data, disseminated results internally through presentations and internal reports, and externally through press releases.
  • Assisted with improving the quality of internal data, through standardising formats, identifying existing errors, and delivering training on new recording procedures.

Memberships

Fellow

Royal Statistical Society

N/A

N/A

Certificates

IBM Data Science Specialization

Coursera

Online

2020

Selected Projects

NHS Unified Information Standard - Protected Characteristics

£8 640

Funded by: NHS

Aug 2020 - Mar 2020

  • Developed a schema of 11 categories and a range of nested subcategories to identify public health inequalities amongst people with disabilities.

Bridge to Work

£40 000

Funded by: City Bridge Trust

Aug 2020 - Jan 2018

  • Lead researcher and report author evaluating a multi-year programme to support young disabled people in London into paid employment.

Use of apps in healthcare treatment

£10 000

Funded by: NHS

Apr 2020 - Jan 2020

  • Conducted a series of interviews on behalf of the National Health Service on patient experience of public health apps.
  • Wrote report advising on future strategies for integrating apps and other technology into healthcare personalisation efforts in the UK.

Access to Advice Services in London

£5 000

Funded by: Nuffield Foundation

Feb 2020 - Dec 2019

  • Identified civil society organisations providing ad-hoc advice on different topics, using open charity data and web scraping.

Young People’s Attitudes to Disability

£40 000

Funded by: Lottery Community Fund

Aug 2019 - Apr 2018

  • Conducted focus groups with 42 children aged 12-14 with and without disabilities on their attitudes to and experiences of disability.

Inclusive Education and Co-Production

€4 000

Funded by: EASPD

Jun 2019 - Dec 2018

  • A systematic review of research on attitudes to co-production in education amongst teachers, parents and students.




Selected Publications and Reports

Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion

With Catherine Hale, Stef Benstead, Jenny Lyus and Anna Ruddock

N/A

2020

  • Responsible for analysing and classifying over 2 000 free text survey responses listing chronic health conditions, and for data visualisation.

Hansard Speeches 1979-2020

A dataset covering over 40 years of UK parliamentary speeches.

N/A

2020

External evaluation of the Bridge to Work Programme

With Jane Aston, Lauren Bennett, Hannah Murphy and Tony Stevens

N/A

2019

Isolated schools: Out on a limb

With Katy Theobald

N/A

2015

Selected R Packages

threesixtygiving: Download Charitable Grants from the ‘360Giving’ Platform

N/A

N/A

2020

guardianapi: Access the ‘Guardian’ newspaper open data API

N/A

N/A

2020

ukpolice: Download Data on UK Police and Crime

With Nick Tierney

N/A

2020

cqcr: Access ‘Care Quality Commission’ Data

N/A

N/A

2019

nomisr: Access Nomis UK Labour Market Data

Journal of Open Source Software, 3(27), 859. 10.21105/joss.00859

N/A

2018

fixerapi: An R Client for the ‘Fixer.io’ Currency API

N/A

N/A

2018

refuge: Locate Trans and Intersex-Friendly Toilets

N/A

N/A

2018

hansard: Accessing Westminster Parliament Data

N/A

N/A

2017

mnis: Easy Downloading Capabilities for the Members’ Name Information Service

N/A

N/A

2017

parlitools: Tools for Analysing UK Politics

N/A

N/A

2017